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[Cypher0020]

Looking at my female qunari rift mage that really wants to use Cole, but his melee skills suck so much

 

I never mae Cole be an archer..... is his assassin spec fesiable? It just....feels wrong to have that over Sera's tempest abilities 

 

Why is his melee AI so awful?

[Miggs]

It's not his fault. AI sucks at DW.

[ThelLastTruePatriot]

Melee ai in general is just terrible when it comes to companions, except in the case of a sword and board user as they are fairly competent. An assassin archer still brings superior damage to a party over a tempest. You have guaranteed crits when coming out of stealth, free stealth on enemy kill, mark for extra damage against big targets, armor penetration, etc etc. All sera really gives you is a cheap way to kill dragons

[Aurien]

Is it maybe how you specced him? When I use him I don't go ultra heavy in daggers, just enough to get the passives I want. Then left line in stealth and heavy in assassin. When I do that he moves like a ghost, constantly in stealth and one or two shoting stuff in group pulls cause of the huge bonus from stealth. He's insanely powerful I found.

But to answer your question I've never made him an archer. I always found the duo weild to be more powerful of the two. After having played both a dual wield and archer to the end separately.

[sethroskull79]

I made him an archer.  He does really well when I bring him out.

[Nic Mercy]

My Cole does very well as melee but its important to gear him and build him to survive there so he can do his thing. Here's a 14 point baseline for how my Cole was at early/post specialization levels:

 

Twin Fangs (short cooldown attack)

Dance of Death (passive for stam regen on kill)

Sneak Attack (passive for crit)

Deathblow (short cooldown attack)

Caltrops (meh prereq for the next one)

Looked Like It Hurt (passive for stam regen on crit)

Stealth (bread and butter)

Easy to Miss (passive threat reduction)

Hidden Blades (long cooldown attack)

Overkill (upgrade for hidden blades)

I Was Never Here (passive resets stealth cooldown on kill)

Knife In The Shadows (passive auto crit while stealthed)

Mark of Death (debuff foes)

Mark of Doom (upgrade for Mark of Death)

 

The key is to set his tactics to have Stealth as the only preferred ability. This way he will use it every time he can and thus not only avoid most threats but capitalize on auto crits. Giving him  heal on hit on one weapon and guard on hit on his armor is also a great choice to keep him healthy and stabbing.

 

I filled out the whole assassin tree and most upgrades and passives I could as I leveled beyond that and he was just beastly.

[CottonKhandi]

I used Cole once on my first playthrough as DW rogue and never took him out again. Second playthrough I made him an Archer and let's just say he is a permanent party member. Assassin Archer Cole is beast as hell.